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Review: Washington: The Indispensable Man

Very good read, an insightful look into Goerge Washington's life. An easy read considering its a biography.Read full review

Review: Washington: The Indispensable Man

User Review - Katrin - Goodreads

The first in my planned project of reading a bio of each president (though I did read a TR one years ago and Dreams From My Father by Obama). Really enjoyed it and made copious notes. KRead full review

About the author (1984)

A National Book Award Laureate; Recipient of a Special Pulitzer Prize Citation; Winner of the Society of American Historians' Parkman Prize, the Gold Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters for "Eminence in Biography